Meaning

Primary

Outskirts Of Town

Alternative

Outskirts

Word Type

noun, の adjective

Explanation

You already know that means "town" and that 外れ means "extremity" or "outskirts", and this is just a combination of the two. So this means the outskirts of town.

Reading

まちはずれ
  • Kyoko
    (Tokyo accent, female)
  • Kenichi
    (Tokyo accent, male)

Explanation

You've already learned both and 外れ, so just combine the two and you get 町外れ not only in meaning, but also in reading!

Context

Common Word Combinations

  • 町外れのホテル

    a hotel on the outskirts of town

    町外れの神社

    a shrine on the outskirts of town

    町外れの森

    a forest on the outskirts of town

Context Sentences

男は町外れにあるガソリンスタンドで働いていた。

The man worked at a gas station on the outskirts of town.

近くにコンビニすらない町外れのホテルにステイしてるんだ。

I'm staying at a hotel on the outskirts of town, that doesn’t even have a convenience store nearby.

こんな町外れまで、どうやって来たの?

How did you get this far out of town?

Kanji Composition